Kingdom Fungi Higher classification Glomeromycetes | Rank Order | |
Similar Glomeromycota, Glomerales, Geosiphon, Kickxellales, Glomeraceae | ||
Archaeosporales is an order of fungi best known as arbuscular mycorrhiza to vascular land plants (Tracheophyta). but also form free living endocyte symbioses with cyanobacteria. The free living forms have a Precambrian fossil record back 2.2 Ga, well before evolution of Tracheophyta.
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